Luxury Gap

Heaven 17 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 6, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Plate Caroline
• ASIN: B000000HQ8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry

2. Who'll Stop The Rain

3. Let Me Go

4. Key To The World

5. Temptation

6. Come Live With Me

7. Lady Ice And Mr. Hex

8. We Live So Fast

9. The Best Kept Secret

10. Let Me Go [extended mix]

11. Temptation [extended mix]

12. Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry [extended dance mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars polished pop, July 15, 2003

By 

D. H. Richards "ninthwavestore" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luxury Gap (Audio CD)

On the Luxury Gap Heaven 17 made tremendous strides in production and arrangement from their first album. Honestly, a little bit of the soul of the band was lost in the process, but this record still sounds great. It has some of their best work, Let Me Go, which is probably their best known song in the US thanks to KROQ play. Temptation is their biggest UK hit and thanks to guest vocalist Carol Kenyon sounds nothing like the rest of the album. This album also has some of my favorite lesser known songs like Who Will Stop the Rain and The Best Kept Secret.
With this album the band moved firmly away from the technopop/synthpop that the Human League had embraced and into UK Soul/Funk/RnB. But in their own style. Have fun with it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most cohesive H17 album, December 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Luxury Gap (Audio CD)

Every track on here is catchy yet quirky. They even improved a few ("Song with No Name" & "Let's All Make the Bomb") songs from their earlier 'Penthouse & Pavement' album with better arrangements. "Temptation," is one of the best 80's dance-tracks and far too good to remix. Glen Gregory's voice is at its best here. "Let Me Go" is still their best tune. This was before the got meandering and maundering on later albums (think of the wretched orchestral excess of "And That's No Lie," or the process cheese-loaf of "Trouble"). When anyone says "Yeah, that reminds me of Heaven 17" this is the album they allude to.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heaven 17 is Luxury Gap at its finest, February 10, 2000

By 

"dvdguy2" (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luxury Gap (Audio CD)

Nothing beats the extended mix of 'Let Me Go' Infact its better than the edited version. Both of which are found here and for good reason. 'We Live So Fast' is my favorite off the album. Its classic 80's dance music at its best!